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nying chart). In fact, some elders’ blood is so potent that they can’t feed on mortals at all,
requiring the Vitae of other vampires to nourish them. Only those with the fewest dots of
Blood Potency can feed from animals.
Eventually, a vampire’s blood becomes so potent that he is unable to fi nd regular prey. At
this point, he falls into torpor, the duration of which is based on his current Blood Potency
and Humanity (see p. 249). While in torpor, a thinning of the blood occurs. Torpor also
causes fever dreams and a general distortion of the mind.
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chapter two: character
2.2 — EFFECTS OF BLOOD POTENCY
Blood Potency Attribute/Skill/ Max Vitae/ Vampires can
Discipline Maximum Max Vitae per Turn feed from…
1 5 10/1 Animals +
2 5 11/1 Animals +
3 5 12/1 Humans
4 5 13/2 Humans
5 5 14/2 Humans
6 6 15/3 Humans
7 7 20/5 Vampires
8 8 30/7 Vampires
9 9 50/10 Vampires
10 10 100/15 Vampires
A vampire’s Blood Potency increases by one every 50 years. In torpor, however, it decreases
by one every 25 years. As Blood Potency is rated on a 1-to-10 scale, a vampire will more than
likely fall into torpor in about 500 years — as blood requirements grow ever more refi ned and
hard to fulfi ll — sooner for those who engage in diablerie. Characters who diablerize several
vampires in a short span of years can remain active through seven to nine diableries before
the potency of their blood causes them to succumb to torpor. Such Kindred tend to have
short but violent bouts of activity between long periods of torpid idleness.
When Blood Potency decreases (through torpor, for example), any traits that exceed the
character’s new capacity disappear. If Blood Potency increases again during the chronicle
so that a character could once again gain access to them, the player must spend experience
points a second time to “re-learn” what was lost.
Example: Rachel of Clan Daeva has achieved a Blood Potency of 8 after repeated success at diablerie
and has subsequently raised her Presence to 7. Unable to fi nd any vampires of suffi cient Blood Potency
to feed upon, she slips into torpor for a period of 80 years. In this time, Rachel’s Blood Potency drops
three dots (one for every 25 years) to 5.
When she wakes, her Presence is reduced to 5, the trait maximum for a Blood Potency of 5. Over
time, especially if Rachel continues her practice of diablerie, she will have the opportunity to increase her
Presence again. Her player, however, needs to spend the experience points to raise these dots as though
Rachel had never possessed them.
Rumors persist of truly ancient vampires who have found a way to stave off torpor, seemingly
defying the effects of Blood Potency. Some swear that such a thing is possible through
intensive study of blood magic. The believe with faith akin to the belief in Golconda, creating
a sort of religious fervor in those seeking to attain transcendence.
MERITS
Merits represent advantages a character may have due to circumstance and opportunity. They
include material possessions and social networks, elements external to the physical changes